The government has announced a nationwide celebration marking the 135th death anniversary of mystic saint Lalon Shah, with major Lalon Utshab (Lalon Festival) events to be held in Kushtia and Dhaka. The announcement was made today through the official Facebook page of Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus.
Lalon is an exemplary anti-casteist, anti-patriarchal, anti-colonial figure in undivided Bengal in the19th century.
